Samsung Galaxy Chat debuts with Android 4.0

Samsung has announced the launch of its first ICS QWERTY smartphone today. Dubbed as Galaxy Chat, it is a portrait QWERTY smartphone with features like 3-inch display and 2MP camera.

The phone will be available from this month in Spain followed by other countries in Europe, Latin America, Middle East, China, Southeast Asia, and Southwest Asia.

Key Specs:

Android 4.0

Physical QWERTY keyboard

3-inch QVGA touchscreen

Wi-Fi

2MP camera

Bluetooth 3.0

microSD card slot

1200mAh battery

Dedicated key to launch Samsung’s ChatON messenger

According to Samsung:

The Samsung GALAXY Chat sports a sleek and compact design that complements your style. Powered by Android 4.0, the GALAXY Chat combines a 3.0 inch touch-screen with a full QWERTY keypad. With the GALAXY Chat, keeping up with your social life is easy and fun. Preloaded on the phone with its own dedicated launch key, Samsung’s ChatON communication service connects you and users from any phone platform into a single community, enabling spontaneous group chatting and messaging—whether with text, animations or images—in seconds. Email is easy to use and manage thanks to predictive search capabilities, a more visual action bar for seamless navigation, and the ability to nest mail folders for quicker access and convenience. Whatever your data demands—whether browsing, emailing or connecting socially—the GALAXY Chat also provides convenient settings that allow you to easily monitor and control data usage from month to month.